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If there’s one thing that’s unmistakable about Terriers, it’s their creativity. Just take a look around Nickerson Field at a BU Commencement. These grads have figured out how to stand out in a sea of scarlet caps and gowns and how to convey parting words to a crowd of 20,000. Their personal messages are on […]

Inspired by social media’s popular one-second-a-day videos, we reached out to some members of the Class of 2018 and a few underclassmen and asked them to record a single moment from each of the 60 days leading up to the 2018 Commencement ceremony. We stitched the clips together into a single minute-long video that captured […]

Ever wonder how Commencement festivities for more than 7,000 graduates and 20,000 guests are pulled off? Answer: a year of careful planning. Over three days, some 40,000 chairs are set up, 500 volunteers mobilized, and lots (and lots) of food prepared. And it’s over in a second—or so it seems. Our time-lapse video of Nickerson Field tells the story.

Award-winning National Public Radio legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg counseled the 2018 School of Law graduates Sunday to seek a variety of experiences as they embark on their legal careers, including public service. Families, friends, and faculty gathered at the Track & Tennis Center to celebrate the 490 graduates receiving Juris Doctor and Master of Law […]

Golden Globe- and Emmy Award-winning actor Michael Chiklis had a message for 2018 College of Fine Arts grads Saturday: your job is to bring humanity to a tumultuous world. “Artists are the arbiters, the purveyors, of empathy and compassion in this world,” said Chiklis (CFA’85), speaking at the CFA Convocation at the Track & Tennis […]

This weekend Eddie Almeida watched with pride, perhaps a little more pride than the average parent, as the second of his two children graduated from BU. The longtime custodian works the overnight shift at the GSU, and among the job’s benefits is tuition remission. Newly minted grad Andrew Almeida (COM’18) says his degree wouldn’t have been possible without his dad’s job.

Under cloudy skies that threatened rain and warm, humid temperatures, an estimated 20,000 family and friends on Nickerson Field Sunday cheered for the Class of 2018 during BU’s 145th All-University Commencement. The 7,072 graduating students and guests listened to US Congressman John Lewis (Hon.’18) (D-Ga.), a leader of the nation’s Civil Rights Movement, deliver the main […]

John Lewis told BU’s Class of 2018 Sunday to enjoy their big day—then get to work. “Take a long, deep breath, take it all in—and roll up your sleeves, because the world is waiting for you, waiting for talented men and women to lead it to a better place,” the civil rights leader said in […]

Her voice often cracking with emotion, the mayor of San Juan, P.R., used her BU Baccalaureate address Sunday at Marsh Chapel to take attendees to the ghostly streets of her devastated island, while urging them to raise their voices against injustices. Carmen Yulín Cruz Soto (CAS’84, Hon.’18) recounted her role as global troubadour for her […]

Back by popular demand: for this year’s Commencement, members of the Class of 2018, family members, and friends were once again able to share recollections and post photos and good wishes on social media via Tagboard. Using #BU2018, anyone with a public Instagram or Twitter account could submit content for consideration, starting on Thursday and […]